tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post238907485657392778..comments2019-01-21T12:23:17.220-08:00Comments on Writing About Writing (And Occasionally Some Writing): ACTUAL Protip: Don't Do ThisChris Brecheennoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-54816050171341506162018-03-06T08:54:08.529-08:002018-03-06T08:54:08.529-08:00I think it&#39;s fair to say that damage-control i...I think it&#39;s fair to say that damage-control in general is comedy gold.Dylan Devinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03974042718057544736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-64057319066654005622018-02-28T08:59:19.649-08:002018-02-28T08:59:19.649-08:00Bastien Lecouffe-Deharme is a talented artist. I t...Bastien Lecouffe-Deharme is a talented artist. I think the real pain might be Goodkind not getting another talented seasoned artist to work with him for a while.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486775541461610130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-80151668595650724032018-02-27T16:12:19.147-08:002018-02-27T16:12:19.147-08:00Yeah it sort of surprised me that his response to ...Yeah it sort of surprised me that his response to that was &quot;No I was trying to throw someone ELSE under the bus.&quot; Chris Brecheenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07819138776404280633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-81514315179212948992018-02-26T13:44:15.308-08:002018-02-26T13:44:15.308-08:00That&#39;s why I love the work of Michael Whelan.....That&#39;s why I love the work of Michael Whelan.. whenever he&#39;s commissioned to work on a book cover, the art matches something from the book. That said, I haven&#39;t read Goodkind (and probably won&#39;t), so I can&#39;t comment on the graphics argument in this instance. I _have_ read plenty of instances where the cover art didn&#39;t match anything from the book, which is how I learned to pay attention to Whelan&#39;s art.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16504785858186114705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-3124983038007511572018-02-26T03:17:53.156-08:002018-02-26T03:17:53.156-08:00This is just a new chapter in the awfulness that G...This is just a new chapter in the awfulness that Goodkind spews on a regular basis. The fans seem to have also forgotten that, when the tv series came out and we commented that it was too generic and close to nothing to do with the books, more a &quot;monster of the week&quot; thing, he outright told them to get over it and that &quot;compromise was needed, be grateful you&#39;re getting anything&quot;.<br /><br />Not to mention his repetitive writing where 300 pages per book could be removed and you still get the actual story without the &quot;previously on...&quot; chapter upon chapter of &quot;communism and any kind of socialism is bad, mmmmkay?&quot;LadyFelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03211605666102678194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-56259142015264308272018-02-25T22:09:43.408-08:002018-02-25T22:09:43.408-08:00To be fair, the television production was NOT the ...To be fair, the television production was NOT the Sword of Truth story of the books. I used to love Goodkind, but he should have stopped writing that series after the 4th book. Each subsequent addition to the series has just been an obvious wank. His behaviour in this particular matter was atrociously puerile.Renhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11626830750826095394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-62343207787094227372018-02-25T17:58:52.083-08:002018-02-25T17:58:52.083-08:00Thanks, Chris Brecheen. My comment on Goodkind&#39...Thanks, Chris Brecheen. My comment on Goodkind&#39;s post:<br /><br />Memo to artist Bastien Lecouffe-Deharme: I like your picture. I think it&#39;s a powerful image. If any of my fantasy novels get published, I&#39;d feel honored if your art were the first thing the readers see.<br /><br />Hang in there!<br /><br />Mary Anne Landershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01846610621610508819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-13689741604903270332018-02-25T17:06:17.703-08:002018-02-25T17:06:17.703-08:00On top of everything else, this action on Goodkind...On top of everything else, this action on Goodkind&#39;s part seems horribly counterproductive to his goal of getting to have more input on his covers. Is this action more likely or less likely to make his publishers want to consult him (or even work with him at all) in future? They may very well insist that he contractually acknowledge that he doesn&#39;t get a veto on any aspect of the book cover illustration or design. <br /><br />Goodkind mentions that the publisher revealed this cover without consulting him when it was too late to make any changes to get more accurate character details, etc. Perhaps it&#39;s not too outlandish to speculate that they did things this way because he&#39;d abused consultation privileges for cover illustration process in the past. There&#39;s evidence to suggest (in one of Keith Parkinson&#39;s art books) that Goodkind has a history of demanding full control over aspects of the cover design and illustration... and having a massive chip on his shoulder when that hasn&#39;t always been given. Bruce Brenneisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11322005049442981571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-90945697683779512132018-02-25T16:58:56.938-08:002018-02-25T16:58:56.938-08:00Agree with absolutely ever word you said. And I ac...Agree with absolutely ever word you said. And I actually hadn&#39;t thought of that. How poetic would it be if no quality artist would work on one of his covers after this?Bianca Sommerlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15378508740743781769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-38787753886023691412018-02-25T15:27:16.797-08:002018-02-25T15:27:16.797-08:00So, even if the mockery wasn&#39;t directed at the...So, even if the mockery wasn&#39;t directed at the artist themselves, Goodkind did urge his fans to mock and deride the work of *someone* ... whether it&#39;s the artist, the production manager, or whomever is in charge of saying &quot;Print that,&quot; at his publisher. Encouraging your Own Personal Army to mock/deride/scorn and giving out a prize for the best zinger is a pretty cruel thing to do one way or another.Lissa Bryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07397546855668410933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2660089177097719300.post-17015293821932870122018-02-25T15:12:58.157-08:002018-02-25T15:12:58.157-08:00He DID write a second post acknowledging the artwo...He DID write a second post acknowledging the artwork was good quality and trying to claim he hadn’t been dissing it - presumably because even through his overweening ego he was able to do the maths, and hundreds (if not thousands) of people explicitly saying they would not touch his books now (one chick posted a photo of her collection of his books dumped in a rubbish bin) finally registered as a financial threat.<br /><br />But it was too damn late afaic.<br /><br />Not, in fairness that I was ever likely to buy his books either - I caught a few episodes of the TV show adapted from The Sword of Truth series, and while I know adaptations aren’t a solid gauge of a book’s quality, it seemed SO generically awful that I had a visceral Hell No response. Still, I had no particular notion of him being a douchebag before this art fracas.<br /><br />The Artist’s comment was icily courteous and understated, and starts out “It was nice working with you, Terry” which I interpreted as “over my cold dead body will ever create artwork for you again, motherfucker”; Goodkind responded with a childish and dim protest that they HADN’T worked together, as he hadn’t been part of the cover-design process, and then he claimed the artist was misrepresenting events and “trying to stir the pot.”<br /><br />TRYING TO STIR THE POT! From the guy who made a post calling the cover laughably terrible, AND OFFERED HIS SYCOPHANTS A REWARD FOR WHOEVER COULD TALK THE MOST SHIT ABOUT IT!!!!!<br /><br /> I really hope to God he cannot find an artist willing to work on his next project. This was egregious AF.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17218617452960761578noreply@blogger.com